This is a freeverse I wrote for When Love First Grows competition at HPFC. Its also the first time I've written a freeverse so please let me know what you think :)


L.O.V.E


he's only ever been

my cousins boyfriend

nothing more, nothing less

S . C . O . R . P . I . U . S


UNTIL

he becomes something more…


/h/i/s/e/y/e/s/

on mine

/h/i/s/l/i/p/s

on mine


Rose

I'm so sorry


every other guy

is a jerk

but not him


in my mind

is all the /m/o/m/e/n/t/s/

of us


/h/i/m/ lending me a book

when I lost m i n e

/h/i/m/ comforting me

when all those g-i-r-l-s

called me vain

/h/i/m/ writing me letters

every day he didn't see me


its only when

he k.i.s.s.e.s me

and I feel a fire

in my stomach

that I've n~e~v~e~r

felt before

that i realize

i'm trying to n!a!v!ig!a!t!e

my way through

this MAZE

that's called my heart


then I see /h/i/m/

I see him with her


laughing and joking

/h/i/m/ fiddling with the bracelet

on her wrist

while he tells her

how much she means to /h/i/m/


And I

h

u

r

t

h

u

r

t

h

u

r

t

when I realize

that he told me

the very same thing


and as I watch

h i m

i finally come to the end

of my maze

And I realize that i

L

O

V

E

/h/i/m/


and that

no matter what /h/e/ says

he will NEVER

t~r~u~l~y be

Mine